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Does China check/verify credentials?
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Larry Legend



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

fat_chris wrote:
Larry Legend wrote:
but if it saves the school from dealing with some of these other dipshit arrogant foreigners that I see


Who dat?

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fat_chris


Foreigners that I have worked with, or have heard stories about in the past.
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fat_chris



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Larry Legend wrote:
fat_chris wrote:
Larry Legend wrote:
but if it saves the school from dealing with some of these other dipshit arrogant foreigners that I see


Who dat?

Warm regards,
fat_chris


Foreigners that I have worked with, or have heard stories about in the past.


Got it. Tanks.

Warm regards,
fat_chris
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thebroformerlyknownaschou



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 8:05 am    Post subject: Re: Does China check/verify credentials? Reply with quote

Larry Legend wrote:
...I have a degree that doesn't specify any major....


hi larry! what exactly did you study, maybe that will help you get gooder
answers. what this one of those degrees 'earned' by athaletes? did you
get a degree in 'university studies'?


Larry Legend wrote:
....probably close to 75 percent of my undergrad was the same courses Education majors take.


hi larry! that means nothing. in most us schools, you need 120 credits to
graduate. 90 of those classes are the same for most majors. 90 out of
120 is 75%! the other 30 credits, the so-called 'core curriculum' is dependable
by major.

so my bs information systems is 75% the same courses as a bs accounting!
it's also 75% the same as marketing, and 75% the same as......
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Bud Powell



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: Does China check/verify credentials? Reply with quote

Larry Legend wrote:
I'm sure some do and some don't , but I was looking for a general consensus. I have a degree that doesn't specify any major, so I will generally say it is in Education. So I was wondering if most schools with try to verify degrees, teaching licenses, TEFL's? Thank you for the info.


Where did you get your degree? From a box of Crackerjacks?
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NoBillyNO



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perhaps you could market under the "college" name like a BA from the College of Arts and Letters.....
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Where did you get your degree? From a box of Crackerjacks?


man there ain't no more degree surprises in Crackerjacks....just stickers made with C. I. No. Black 8 Procion....and Chinese hackers hiding,.....
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Toast



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In other news I'm planning on converting my two years of playing Resident Evil 4 on Nintendo Wii back in the day to a PhD in Information Technology from Corllins University.

It's the new Concordia!

This time tomorrow I'll be Dr. Toast.

http://www.universaldegrees.com/

What's the likelihood our kindly overlords would check the validity of one of those suckers, I wonder?
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fat_chris



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toast wrote:
In other news I'm planning on converting my two years of playing Resident Evil 4 on Nintendo Wii back in the day to a PhD in Information Technology from Corllins University.

It's the new Concordia!

This time tomorrow I'll be Dr. Toast.

http://www.universaldegrees.com/

What's the likelihood our kindly overlords would check the validity of one of those suckers, I wonder?


Dr. Toastwitdamost!

BOOM!

That is a sah-weet deal you got. What a great world we live in...all those hours loggin' in on the Resident Evil 4 really CAN get ya somewhere. Nice!

Cool

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fat_chris
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Big Worm



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Better (real) schools will check. If you are lying about having an education degree to get into a teaching job, you shouldn't be there anyway.


I've never heard off a school that gives degrees with no major, so I'm guessing this is a wind up. If not, obviously it's wrong to say you have an education degree when you don't. But whatever....
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Javelin of Radiance



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Many universities (varies by country) offer a three year Bachelor's degree, with no major, usually annotated as BA (Gen).
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thebroformerlyknownaschou



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Worm wrote:
I've never heard off a school that gives degrees with no major....


BS University Studies. these are often "earned" by athaletes. it was also
the goatskin my commanding officer had on his office wall....from some
university in connecticut. (he was really pissed when the first sgt asked
me to tutor him, poor fellow was failing his off-campus masters program.
can't make major without a masters!)

see here:

"The University Studies Program is an interdisciplinary academic program. Texas Tech University's Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in University Studies are not one-size-fits-all degree programs. Areas of concentration and the coursework used to build them are as dynamic and versatile as our students' futures. B.A. or B.S. in University Studies students are given the opportunity to build a program of study by selecting areas of concentration from any of Texas Tech's academic colleges. The choice is yours;,,,"

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/universitystudies/

and here:

"The University Studies Degree provides students with an opportunity to explore their interests with a degree that allows a breadth of study in a range of disciplines and subjects and provides basic preparation for a variety of career paths that might not be well served through traditional university majors. ..."

http://wweb.uta.edu/catalog/content/academics/university_studies.aspx
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Larry Legend



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Larry Legend



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My degree is in psychology people, but some reason, it doesn't specify that on the degree. Perhaps a mistake by the university, or maybe they just don't put it on there...I don't know, nor care at the moment.

And yes, 10 classes, or 30 credits is largely irrelevant in undergrad, especially when its years after college. Not to mention that of all my courses that I remember taking...education related courses were by far the easiest.

To say that someone is more qualified on the sole basis of these minimal education courses (and lets say 10 years after college give or take)- with no in-class is pretty ridiculous.
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Bud Powell



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have a BS in psychology, but the degree does not state the area of study? That's bizarre.

What university or college did you attend?
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Larry Legend



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2014 5:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Syracuse...in New York state. Pretty sure it was just a mistake by the university.
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Big Worm



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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2014 1:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it really doesn't matter, why don't you just say your degree is in psych? Oh that right it DOES matter. That's why you are willing to fraudulently represent your qualifications. Taking ten classes (your number) towards the field your working in is a lot.
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